1977

J4791 : MPD train leaving Whitehead

taken 46 years ago, near to Whitehead, Co Antrim, Northern Ireland

MPD train leaving Whitehead
MPD train leaving Whitehead
In the days of manual signalling and single-line tokens, one of Northern Ireland Railway's UTA built MPD sets smokes its way out of Whitehead station with the 15.10 passenger service from Larne Harbour to Belfast. For a more recent view, see: J4791 : Trains at Whitehead
The Belfast - Larne railway

The line between Belfast York Road and Larne Harbour opened as far to Carrickfergus in 1848 and from Carrickfergus to Larne Harbour in 1862. There were stations at Belfast York Road (1848), Greencastle (1849/1916), Whitehouse (old station 1861/1906 replaced by a new station, further north 1906/1954), Whiteabbey (1848), Bleach Green 1934/1977), Jordanstown (by 1853), Trooperslane (by 1850), Mount (1925/72), Carrickfergus (old station 1848/62), Clipperstown (1925), Carrickfergus (1862), Barn (1925/77), Downshire (originally Downshire Park, 1925), Eden (1925/77), Kilroot (1862/77), Whitehead (first station 1863/64), Whitehead (second station 1864/77), Whitehead (1877), Whitehead Excursion (1907), Ballycarry (1862), Ballylig (now Magheramorne, 1862), Glynn (1864), Larne (1862/1974), Larne Town (new alignment, 1974) and Larne Harbour (1862).
York Road station closed in 1992, replaced by Yorkgate (on a different site) as part of the opening of the new cross-harbour line to Belfast Central.
The line between Belfast Central and Bleach Green Jct is also used by trains serving the Londonderry/Portrush lines.

Sources: Irish Railways Today (1967), the Northern Counties Railway (1973) and Johnson’s Atlas & Gazetteer of the Railways of Ireland (1997).


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Geographical Context: Railways
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Train out of Whitehead [26] · Railway Station [24] · Larne Harbour [22] · Way [7] Other Photos: · Train leaving Whitehead · New trains, Whitehead ·
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J4791, 205 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
The Carlisle Kid   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Tuesday, 8 November, 1977   (more nearby)
Submitted
Tuesday, 7 June, 2011
Subject Location
Irish: geotagged! J 4754 9186 [10m precision]
WGS84: 54:45.1806N 5:42.5495W
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Irish: geotagged! J 4754 9186
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North-northwest (about 337 degrees)
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